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• The adventures of the Marquise and the Baroness — two of Guy de Maupassant’s most amusing (and amoral) stories

  1 February by Guy de Maupassant

  The Marquise de Rennedon and her intimate friend the Baroness de Grangerie are two of Maupassant’s most memorable heroines. They both feature in these two sparkling, amusing and amoral stories about their amorous adventures.
  1. SAVED (1885) The Marquise de Rennedon sweeps into the home of her (...)

• "La petite Roque" and other stories by Guy de Maupassant

  1 January by Guy de Maupassant

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  1. THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL (1881) Rosa, a young servant on a rather prosperous farm is pursued by Jacques, a labourer on the farm. She is a strong girl and easily fends him off but one thing leads to another and even a marriage promise. But Rosa’s life falls apart a few (...)

• "An Outing in the Countryside" and other stories by Guy de Maupassant

  10 September 2019 by Guy de Maupassant

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  1. SIMON’S PAPA (1879) Simon’s mother doesn’t have a husband and she has always been disapproved of and excluded, so when Simon first appears in school he is an object of curiosity that turns to scorn, rejection and outright brutality for a long time afterwards. But one day (...)

• "Boule de Suif" and other famous stories by Guy de Maupassant

  8 September 2019 by Guy de Maupassant

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  1. BOULE DE SUIF (1880) A group of civilians obtains permission from the Prussian forces that have just occupied Rouen during the War of 1870 to leave for the coast: several rich businessmen with their wives, a count and his countess, two nuns, a radical activist and Boule (...)

• The complete (298) stories of Guy de Maupassant: synopses, comments and ratings

  6 September 2019 by Ray

  Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was one of the most prolific writers of short stories in the history of world literature, with 298 stories, novelettes and novellas to his credit [1], almost all of them written in the decade 1880-1889, shortly before his final illness and premature death at the (...)